For the past few years, our extension staff has hosted a community event to educate and invite our clients to the farmer's market.  This year's event was Sweet Summertime at the Farmer's Market.  The goal of the event is to provide family friendly incentives to youth that encourages families to get active together as well as to introduce the youth to the farmer's market and what they can find and how they can benefit from the farmer's market.  

An additional benefit of this program is the cooperation and partnership with the farmer's market vendors.  Youth and families are able to meet the vendors and talk about the items they have to offer.  The farmer's market vendors also benefit from the redemption of the farmer's market bucks that are distributed to each youth participant and family as an incentive item.  

In 2024 we also provided the opportunity for the 4-H entrepreneurship kids to participate in the event.  These youth were able to set up booths during the event to sell their products as well.

The Sweet Summertime at the Farmer's Market event targeted preschool through middle school aged youth.  Each client received a bag with summer family activities and healthy eating educational activities along with farmer's market bucks to spend at the Farmer's Market.  In 2024 a total of 220 participants, including 129 youth, participated in the event.  In addition, $3111 farmer's market bucks were redeemed tat the Farmer's Market benefiting our local farmer's market vendors.